viTABLE OF CONTENTSIMPORTANT .......................................................................... iEXPLICIT DEFINITIONS ....................................................... iFEATURES ............................................................................ iRECOMMENDATION ........................................................... iiIN CASE OF EMERGENCY ................................................. iiSAFETY TRAINING INFORMATION ................................... iiiPRECAUTIONS ................................................................... ivFCC INFORMATION ............................................................ v1 OPERATING RULES .......................................................1D Priorities .......................................................................1D Privacy .........................................................................1D Radio licenses .............................................................12 SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES AND ATTACHMENTS....2–3■ Supplied accessories ...................................................2■ Attachments .................................................................2D Swivel belt clip..........................................................2D Flexible antenna .......................................................3D Handstrap.................................................................33 PANEL DESCRIPTION................................................4–7■ Front, top and side panels ............................................4D Battery pack release button .....................................5■ Function display ...........................................................64 BASIC OPERATION ..................................................8–12■ Selecting a Channel .....................................................8D Channel 16 ...............................................................8D Channel 9 (Call channel) .........................................8D USA, International and Canadian channels .............9D Weather channels (Available for USA version only).......9■ Receiving and transmitting .........................................10■ Adjusting the squelch level .........................................11■ Automatic backlight ....................................................11■ Lock function ..............................................................11■ Setting the Call channel .............................................125 SCAN OPERATION .................................................13–14■ Scan types .................................................................13■ Setting Tag channels ..................................................14■ Starting a scan ...........................................................146 DUALWATCH and TRI-WATCH .....................................15■ About Dualwatch and Tri-watch ..................................15■ Operation....................................................................157 LAND CHANNEL OPERATION ......................................16■ LAND Channel Group ................................................16■ Function display .........................................................16